CARBON CAPTURE AND UTILIZATION

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Carbon dioxide is 1) oone n of o f t h e main drivers of climate 2) cchange

e the h a n g e . Its effects
can 3) bbeeseen
s e e n everywhere from the hastened 4) m e l t i n g of the polar ice caps
melting
to 5) hheat t w a v e s across the world. To mitigate these effects, carbon capture and
e awaves
utilization technologies are being 6) ddeveloped
e v e l o p e d . These technologies capture CO2
from concentrated ssources
7) o u r c e s ; all from diffused sources directly from the atmos-
phere.

The extracted CO2 is then used as 8) rraw aw m a t e r i a l to synthesize mainly fuels

material
and other carbon c o n t a i n i n g products. Once used for societal services these
9) containing
products 10) wwilli l l generate again CO2 at the 11) e n of
end o flifet h e i r l i f e which
d their
leads to three 12) ppossible i b l e s c e n a r i o s : CO2 can either be re-emitted into the
o s s scenarios
13) a t m o s p h e r e , generating a positive CO2 emission, or it 14) ccan
atmosphere a nbe b e recap-
tured and stored on the ground, thus creating a negative 15) C CO2 2 e m i s s i o n . Ide-
O emission
ally CO2 is captured again, and C-atoms a r e r e c y c l e d and reused indefi-
16) are recycled
nitely. A circular economy is thus 17) ggenerated
e n e r a t e d , creating a net zero carbon emis-
sion.

However, 18) C t e c h n o l o g i e s are still facing a range of technical and envi-

C Utechnologies
CCU
ronmental 19) cchallenges
h a l l e n g e s such as: the collection and purification of CO2 directly
from air, the availability of 20) llarge e a m o u n t of carbon-free renewable energy,
a r gamount
the energy iinefficiency
21) n e f f i c i e n c y of the process to convert CO2 into products.

Clearly the 22) EEUU needs to develop a regulatory and investment 23) fframework
ramework
for CCU i n o r d e r t o facilitate the development of CCU applications and to
24) in order to
achieve 25) tthe e g ofo a l s o f a carbon-free economy and eventually tackle climate
h goals
change.

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